SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than a dozen words long used in Bermuda and across the Caribbean got an official nod on Wednesday from the Oxford English Dictionary.

First in line is “bimpert,” a Bermudian word of unknown origin that is used to describe a stupid or foolish person. People on the tiny island in the north Atlantic often use it in this traditional phrase: “A bimpert is justah wuffless bye,” which roughly translates to: an idiot is just a worthless boy.

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The (shorter or longer) OED is, in my opinion, one of the most amazing projects of humanity…

It might take a few decades to get your word in there, but once it is it’s gonna stay there for ever - and nobody can deny it nor redefine it to hide its original meaning.

The longer OED:

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